The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-24

FLORIDA.
Can't, James Williams. of Dennellon. die

Iul proceedings.
FLORIDA.
Capt. James Williams, of Dennellon, died
a day or two ago.
Punta Gorda can now boast of a military
company Of twenty-five men, q feet high
and over.
A post office has been established at
Heath, Brevard county, with Frank B.
Sackett Postmaster.
The Methodist church at st. Augustine is
being moved from the Alcazar lot across
Bridge street to the lot recently filled in by
Mr.. Flagler
Engineer Fred Bruce is engaged in COM
pleting the survey begun upon st. Angus
tine bar last year. He reports thirteen feet
at low water
The st. Clair Hotel, at Green Cove
Spring, has been leased for the season to j.
f. Chaplin, senior proprietor of the Ocean
House, Watch Hill, r. l.
Editor Philip Isaacs viii move the High
land Press from Sorrento Lake county, to
Oviedo, Orange county, and change the
name to the OCiedo Chronicle.
w. d. Lewis the large strawberry grower
of PanasOTkee, agrees to furnish the Sum
ter county department of the Sub-Tropical
Exposition with thirty-two quarts of fine
Strawberries each day if they are required
The mill of the East Florida Land and
Produce Company, at St Augustine, H. s.
Sloggett, manager, is now running at its
full capacity, and turns out daily 10000
board feet of lumber, and then cannot fill
all orders
NJ. c. Long who has charge of the Stand
ard Oil Company's orange grove in West
Orlando, is busily engaged i'll putting the
premises IN neat order. Mr.. Long says that
5000 trees will be set out on the forty-acre
| tract some time next January.
Saturday night, about 10 o'clock, a posse
of men went to the house of Peter Bell, a
colored man living on the east side of Su-
vance county, and took him out, together
with four girls, and cruelty beat them The
community is indignant at the outrage
William p Edwards aged IS, died at
Gainesville Monday night lie had been a
| resident near bennington, Marion county,
since 1850 until he removed to Gainesville.
about three years ago. Hehas been a mem
Der of the Baptist church for over fifty
years.
1t is rumored that a portion of the old
Dragon lot at st. Augustine, now occupied
| by the negro public school. but recently
sold by the United States government to H.
M. Flagler, will be used by that gentleman
as a site for a handsome Presbyterian
church, to be built and donated by him.
A new variety of ducks have appeared on
tlo ~. JOuh IANcI, dDOuJ lulIIy miles
| south of Palatka, nearly one-third larger
than those usually seen there. They are de-
| scribed as of brown color, flesh and legs
| yellow, very fat and juicy and of most ex-
cellent flavor.
| The officers of the Florida Orange Auc-
ton and Forwarding Company are quite
| busy making the final arrangements for the
convention of the orange growers of the
| State and the dealers of Florida fruit at the
| nd 10 ho ba1l in To- H.,
under the auspices Of the company on Dec.
| /, 2 and B.
The recent cold snap has undoubtedly
frightened the orange growers, and the con-
! sequence is that fruit is being pushed for
ward more rapidly than ever. 1t is esti-
mated that between 5000 and 5000 boxes Of
the fruit passed through Jacksonville Tues
day, most of which was handled at the
Waycross depot.
At Gainesville Tuesday colored woman
named Murray, while kindling the fire. set
| the lamp on the floor, from which her dress
| caught fire. She ran from the house in her
| fright, but before help arrived her clothes
were nearly burned from her body She
was still alive at last accounts, but no hopes
were entertained OF her recovery.
On Saturday, Nov. 10, difficulty arose
| between two colored men near w. H. Trax-
ley's store, five miles northeast of Sentaffey
| III SeeItlS IDhb Onc Oh IUeUl, cOlOfed IeAcler
in that district, owed board to the other
who is named Taylor. Taylor having met
| him near the store, demanded payment but
the other demonstrated and shot him i'll the
throat.
Several witnesses and jurors failed to get
pay for their attendance on the Circuit
CouEt at Palatl1a during the last term, be-
cause they did not ask for it until after the
| payroll was approved by Judge Finley
/ Mr. ON ha 10,
of the term that all witnesses and jurors
would be paid i'll open court after they were
discharged.
The steamer Ella D., which had lain for
months below Murder Creek Bends, unable
to ascend the Conecuh river on her way to
Andalusia, Ala, with a cargo of fertilizer
has gone to within forty miles of her desti-
nation, at which point she will discharge
her cargo and then return to Pensacola. 1t
is probable that the steamer will be put into
some other run.
The special train from Punta Gorda, with
President Gambler, Mai. Conant, Mai Cou-
per and Mr.. Weeks, all of the Florida South
ern railway, returned TO Palatka Sunday
night The time made was the best of any
train going south of Palatka. The distance
of 260 miles was made III seven hours and
fifty-ive minutes, including fifteen stops,
the average running tine being about forty
miles an hour.
The campmeeting at Turner City is in
full operation. About 5000 people were in
attendance on Sunday, and eloquent ser
mons were preached by Rev. S. H. Young
and Rev s. II. Coleman. Somebody, sa d
to be from Palatka, had some LIQUOR snug
gled on the ground, and either sold or given
away, aud as result of it some got too much
tangls-foot, and a slight difficulty occurred
Several were quite booty at the time the
trains left.
The st. Augustine fire department will
have their first annual parade and inspection
to-day. The department is a volunteer or
ganization, and is composed Of the following